Before we begin our tour of fine art as represented in paintings by random artists of Western culture, I'll take this opportunity to wish you a happy Valentine's Day via one of the most romantic works, Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss."
Now, some general observations about painting before I offer you the Italian Renaissance and work my way forward in haphazard fashion to modern art.
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Italian Renaissance
Titian
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Bacchus and the Cat |
Venus and Cupid with Organist |
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Pootie n Cupid wif Organist |
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Sandro Botticelli
The Birth of Venus/Ceiling Cat Spring
Leonardo Da Vinci
Cats appear in many of Da Vinci's works |
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Mona Lisa wif Kitteh |
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Michelangelo
Teh Creeashun ob Ceiling Cat
Baroque
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Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish |
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Judgement of Paris |
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Jan Vermeer, Dutch
Modern Art
Edouard Manet, French, Realism --> Impressionism
Dead Matador |
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Ded Catador |
James Whistler, American, Art for Art's Sake
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionism
Claude Monet, French Impressionism |
Julie Monet wif Kitteh |
Catstack at Giverny |
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Edvard Munch, Norwegian, Forerunner of Expressionism
The Meow |
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch,
Impressionism, Expressionism
Bedroom in Arles
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Ware teh Wild Fings R |
Bacon on a Starry Night
Paul Cezanne, French, Post-Impressionism
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Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, French, Post-Impressionism
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Gustav Klimt, Austrian, Art Nouveau
Rene Magritte, Belgian, Surrealism
Salvador Dali, Spanish, Surrealism
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Dali Woozle |
Frida Kahlo, Mexican, Surrealism
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Fernando Botero, Colombian,
Renaissance + Baroque + Latin American = "Boterismo"
Woman with Cat |
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Cat on a Roof
Marc Chagall, Russian-French, Modernist
The Farmyard |
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The Walk |
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, Cubism/Abstract/Other
Edward Hopper, USA, New Realism
Post-Modernism
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